here-láf
The remnant of an army or people ⬩ what is left of an army after a battle ⬩ what is left after a battle ⬩ spoil
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The remnant of an army or people, what is left of an army after a battle, what is left after a battle, spoil Se Chaldéa cyning com tó his earde mid ðære húþe and ðære hereláfe on ðære wæs Daniel se wítega and ða þrí cnihtas the king of Chaldea came to
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ge-wissian
To make or cause to know ⬩ to instruct ⬩ inform ⬩ direct ⬩ command ⬩ govern ⬩ docere ⬩ edocere ⬩ regere ⬩ præcipere ⬩ dirigere
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To make or cause to know, to instruct, inform, direct, command, govern; docere, edocere, regere, præcipere, dirigere Ðæt he ðone iungan cniht gewissian sceolde that he should instruct the young boy, Ælfc.T. Lisle, 34, 3.
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séfte
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selle ðam hálum men séftne drenc and swétne, and óðrum hálum biterne and strangne, Bt. 39, 9 ; Fox 226, 11. of rest, sleep, undisturbed, untroubled Ðú eart seó séfte ræst sóðfæstra, Bt. 33, 4 ; Fox 132, 34. easy, comfortable, pleasant, without pain or
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síde
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Ðæt scyp on sídan licgende, Bd. 5, 9 ; S. 623, 21. marking direction on this or that side Ðeós þridde India hæfþ on ánre sídan þeóstru, on óðere gársecg, Homl. Th. i. 454, 14.
scír-mann
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Swá sceal gód scýrman (a reeve or bailiff) his hláfordes healdan, dó ymbe his ágen swá swá hé wylle, Anglia ix. 260, 16. Ne ofermódgiaþ ða scírmenn ná for ðý nequaquam praepositi ex hoc superbiunt. Past. 17, 2; Swt. 109, 18.
studu
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Begémþ stuðe (or stoðe) mínre dure observat postes ostii mei, Kent. Gl. 281
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þurh-faran
to go through or over ⬩ to traverse ⬩ pertransire ⬩ To pass ⬩ to pierce ⬩ pass through ⬩ to pass beyond ⬩ transcend ⬩ to penetrate
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to go through or over, to traverse; pertransire, Grammar þurh-faran, trans. Burnan þurhfór (ł -færþ) sáwla úre wénunga þurhfór sáwla úre wæter torrentem pertransivit anima nostra, forsitan pertransisset anima nostra aquam, Ps. Spl. 123, 4.
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þeódan
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To join (trans. or intrans.), attach Be ðám ðe wið ða dǽdbétendan ðeódaþ de is qui junguntur excommunicatis, R. Ben. 50, 9. Ðonne hý sume mid geficum wið ðone ánne þeódaþ and leásettaþ, sume wið ðone óþerne dum adulantur partibus, 125, 2.
ágnian
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. , also tíman, ) unnecessary Swá hé hit ágnode swá hé hit týmde whether he declared himself to have been the owner or traced possession to another . Ll. Th. i. 160, 8.
á-mearcian
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Add: to give the form or limits of, write out, to describe, define Þá Homérus on hys bócum ámearcode Homer gives these particulars in his books, Lch. i. 168, 17. Wé wyllað þás þing preóstum ámearkian, Angl. viii. 304, 37.
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bícnan
signify ⬩ indicate ⬩ portend
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Add to make a sign to a person (dat. or prep, tó) with something Hé bícneð mid ðǽm eágum annuit oculis, Past. 357, 20. Hé bícnode hire tó mid his cynegyrde, Hml. A. 97, 180. þá becnade Sanctus Petrus him, 162, 239.
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ende-dæg
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Ic gefremman sceal eorlic ellen oððe endedæg mínne gebídan I will do or die, B. 637. the last day, Similar entries cf. ende, II, 1 a Ne lǽt láðe cwellan and bærnan sáwla úre . . . ne lǽt swá heánlíce þín handgeweorc on endedæge forwurðan, Hy. 7, 112
ge-leáfful
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Add: having faith, or trust Hé wæs Gode geleáffull on his heortan, Shrn. 76, 21. having the Christian faith, Christian Blissian nú eall geleáffull folc, for þon þe for ús Crístes blód wæs ágoten, Bl. H. 91, 7.
gebed-rǽden
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Ic bidde þé, mín Drihten, þæt ðú helpe . . . ealra þǽra þe tó mínre gebedrǽdene þencað and hyhtað lybbendra and forðgewitenra ( all those, living or departed, that look and hope for my prayers), Angl. xii. 500, 28.
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ge-clǽnsian
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Add:, ge-clásnian. to cleanse an object from impurity (gen. or prep.). physical Gold womma gehwylces geclǽnsod, El. 1311. Seolfur earðan geclásnad argentum terrae purgatum. Ps.
ge-tucian
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Th. 44, 11. to treat a person ill, maltreat, afflict, inflict injury on. of the effects of disease or accident Se heáhgeréfa wæs eall swá yfele getúcod swá Tranquillinus wæs ǽr (cf. Tranquillinus wæs geuntrumed þurh þá mycclan fótádle, 136), Hml.
hefe
importance ⬩ a burden ⬩ a weight
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Th. i. 286, 12-15. weight in a high degree: Hefe wæstma brycð bóh pondus fructuum frangit ramum, Scint. 85, 4. figuratively. oppressive effect or influence Þonne gehwylce synfulle menn óðre geólǽcað, and mid gegaderodun hefe þǽre wyrstan lyffetunge
reáfian
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Add Hí woldon ꝥ mynster reáfian, Chr. 1087; P. 223, 14. add: absolute or with acc. of thing taken: absolute Ðæt hé for ðý syngige and reáfige ðý hé tiohchie ðæt hé eft scyle mid ðý reáfláce ælmessan gewyrcean, Past. 341, 21.
ge-æmtian
to empty, remove the material contained in something ⬩ to free ⬩ give leisure to ⬩ to free oneself ⬩ to be disengaged ⬩ to make ⬩ get time ⬩ devote oneself
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Th. 22, 12. in order to do something, to make or get time for a purpose, devote oneself to ꝥ hé hine geǽmtogode (-émtigode, -ǽmetgode, v. ll.) Gode tó þeówianne, Gr. D. 52, 8. Hé hine geǽmtigode tó þám weorce, 329, 12.
wil
will, pleasure ⬩ a pleasant or desirable thing
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Hé genam ðæt wíf ofer ðæs cynges wil, Chr. 1015; Th. i. 276, 4, col. 2. a pleasant or desirable thing Willa (wilna? v. willa. VIa) spédum, dugeða gehwilcre stépan, Cd. Th. 142, 18 ; Gen. 2363. Al his wil to don, Laym. 2793. Ðu wurchest mi wil, .